Template:Basketballstats/doc

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Guidelines[edit]

This will create an external link to the statistics for a basketball player.

Usage[edit]

This template takes up to two parameters:

NBA[edit]

  • nba, for National Basketball Association (NBA) players (active or retired):
    • For active players, you may use the ID which appears at the end of the URL: https://www.nba.com/players/first/last/12345
    • For retired/historical players, you must use the player's ID number as it appears the end of the URL: https://stats.nba.com/player/12345/. The URL may have career/ at the end, which may be ignored.
  • bbr, for NBA or original American Basketball Association players, the id as it appears after https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/ and before .html in its Basketball-Reference.com player page URL

WNBA[edit]

  • wnba, for Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) players.
    • For active players, you may use the player's name, all lowercase, with hyphens replacing spaces. URL: https://www.wnba.com/player/first-last/
    • For retired/historical players, you must use the player's ID number as it appears the end of the URL: https://stats.wnba.com/player/12345/.
  • wbbr, for WNBA players, the id as it appears after https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/ and before .html in its Basketball-Reference.com player page URL

Examples[edit]

NBA[edit]

NBA player Stephen Curry (using ID from URL)

Usage

* {{Basketballstats |nba= stephen/curry/201939 }}
* {{Basketballstats |bbr= c/curryst01 }}
* {{Basketballstats |nba= stephen/curry/201939 |bbr= c/curryst01 }}

Output

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.com

URLs

https://www.nba.com/players/stephen/curry/201939 (redirects to https://www.nba.com/player/201939)
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/curryst01.html
Retired NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (must use ID number)

Usage

* {{Basketballstats |nba= 76003 }}
* {{Basketballstats |bbr= a/abdulka01 }}
* {{Basketballstats |nba= 76003 |bbr= a/abdulka01 }}

Output

  • Career statistics and player information from NBA.com

URLs

https://stats.nba.com/player/76003/ (redirects to https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76003)
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulka01.html

WNBA[edit]

Current WNBA player Natasha Howard (using name – lowercase, replace spaces with hyphens)

Usage

* {{Basketballstats |wnba= natasha-howard }}
* {{Basketballstats |wbbr= h/howarna01w }}
* {{Basketballstats |wnba= natasha-howard |wbbr= h/howarna01w }}

Output

  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com

URLs

https://www.wnba.com/player/natasha-howard/ (redirects to https://www.wnba.com/player/203827/natasha-howard)
https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/h/howarna01w.html
Retired WNBA player Vicki Hall (must use ID number)

Usage

* {{Basketballstats |wnba= 100458 }}
* {{Basketballstats |wbbr= h/hallvi01w }}
* {{Basketballstats |wnba= 100458 |wbbr= h/hallvi01w }}

Output

  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com

URLs

https://stats.wnba.com/player/100458/
https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/h/hallvi01w.html

See also[edit]